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<p n="4">To the honrble ye Bench of<lb></lb>
Justices for ye County of Middx</p>
<p n="5">The humble Peticon of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50110_n5-1">John Gillingham</rs>
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<p n="6"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
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That your petr was Yesterday tryed upon an Indictment<lb></lb>
for Assaulting <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50110_n6-1">James Lewis</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50110_occ1">Butcher</rs>
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That Yr petr for <lb></lb>
two Sessions following moved to trye the sd Indictmt<lb></lb>
but the Same was put of at the request of the<obscured></obscured>
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Lewis That Yr Petr not having his Witnesses<lb></lb>
Readiness to produce at his tryall was found<obscured></obscured>
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And fined ten pounds which he is utterly un ab<obscured></obscured>
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pay That yr petr witnesses were persons of<obscured></obscured>
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worth & Credit and Came within A quarter<obscured></obscured>
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An hour after ye Tryall was over who if ther<obscured></obscured>
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been Examined would have proved the Innor<obscured></obscured>
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of yr Petrr as to ye Matter for which he<del>Stood</del>
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Stood Indicted Yr Petr therefore humbly prayes<obscured></obscured>
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for as Much as Yr petr is Actually a Soldier in the<lb></lb>
Second Tegimt of Guardes under the Comand of<lb></lb>
Colle Hubbard And has Served the Queen Severall<lb></lb>
Yeares And for that he was Surprized upon his Tryall & <lb></lb>
the Evidence on which yr petr was found guilty was<lb></lb>
a Woman Condemned very lately for picking of pockt<obscured></obscured>
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And fetiht out of Newgate by the Sd Lewis who<lb></lb>
keeps her Company to Swear Agt Yr petr That<lb></lb>
yr petr fine may be mitigated So as to be conses<obscured></obscured>
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with his Low circumstances And yr petr. Shall A<obscured></obscured>
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pray Etc.</p>
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